Summary[
edit] Description: Common name: Ukshi उक्षी (Marathi) Botanical name:
Calycopteris floribunda (Roxb.) Lam. Family:
Combretaceae (rangoon creeper family) Large shrub, a climber, reaching 2-3 m high. Rusty and pubescent young branches with opposite leaves, 7-12 cm, rounded base, ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, tomentose with 1 cm petiole. Without stalk and petals, the pale green flowers with prominent sepals, bloom densely and abundantly in terminal panicles. Strongly nerved and veined, the five hairy sepals 1 cm, looks like thin thermacole wafers! 10 unequal stamens. Older flowers turn to rust colour. The sepals persist with the 8 mm oblong 5 ribbed fruit. Reference: Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar Blogged at:
Slice of the Day by Vasant M. Salian. Date: 31 March 2007, 11:16. Source:
Calycopteris floribunda. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
19° 23′ 15.05″ N, 73° 13′ 35.26″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 19.387514; 73.226462.